Trug vs Frug - What's the difference?
trug | frug |
(chiefly, British) A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
(obsolete) A trough or tray.
(obsolete) A hod for mortar.
(obsolete) An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.
(obsolete) A concubine; a harlot.
a novelty dance of 1960s America fame
* {{quote-book
, passage=They were doing a modified frug , a dance Ruth had learned—and abandoned—in high school.
, page=166
, title=East is East: A Novel
, author=T. Coraghessan Boyle
, publisher=Viking
, year=1990
, isbn=0670832200}}
* {{quote-book
, passage=In telegraphic succession, the parents two-step, Charleston, lindy, twist, and frug , their dance harmony always splintered apart by their offspring.
, page=158
, title=The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976–1982
, author=Marcia B. Siegel, Nathaniel Tileston
, publisher=Duke University Press
, year=1991
, isbn=0822311666}}
English terms with unknown etymologies
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As a noun trug
is (chiefly|british) a shallow, oval basket used for gardening.As a proper noun frug is
a novelty dance of 1960s america fame.trug
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Bailey)